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I've Got To Work Really Hard And I Know Exactly What I've Achieved Because I Know How Hard I've Worked, And I Make Sure To Work As Hard As I Absolutely Possibly Can, Because I Know That's The Only Shot I Have At Being Successful.

It Wasn't My Childhood Fantasy To Work With Truffaut Or Be In Obscure Films. I Like Midnight Run Better Than I Like The Bicycle Thief. It Was Films Like Die Hard And Bladerunner That Made Me Want To Be An Actor.

It's Much Nicer To Be Praised Than To Be Damned. But You Have To Have A Certain Sense Of Your Own Priorities And Ideas About What Works And What Doesn't Because Otherwise, If You're Just Looking For Eternal Validation All The Time, You Can Be Motivated By The Wrong Things And I Don't Think It's As Personally Satisfying In Your Own Work.

No Matter What You're Doing, If You're Trying To Make A Movie, You Need To Be Working With People That Are Really Good And Who Make You Better.

[directing First Film:] I Was Terrified, It Was Really Very Scary Because There Is A Lot Of Responsibility. I Think I Was Terrified Because I Wanted It To Work So Much. A Lot Of Actors Direct Movies But I Thought The Stakes Were Kind Of Higher For Me Because I Really, Really Cared. [...] I Just Worked As Hard As I Possibly Could On Every Single Thing, Every Single Day. I Said That If This Failed It Would Not Be Because I Didn't Work As Hard As I Possibly Could...every Day.